Upper Midwest Association Promotional Professionals

Trade shows - members participate in tabletop and room shows two times a year to make contact with other members, introduce their new products and market their existing products. 200-400 attendees are served at each show.

Education - one $1,000 scholarship is available to a college student earning continuing education credits. This scholarship is given to promote education and our industry. One $500 scholarship is available to an individual to pursue their industry designation through ceus.

Seminars, meetings, special events - approximately 24 professional development webinars and a small number of casual networking events, plus a factory tour and an occasional in-person education event are held each year for the members. 20-40 attendees are served at these in-person events, a varying number for the webinars and 30-40 for the factory tours and education events. A new addition to this program is a luncheon event where suppliers make 30-minute presentations to a group of distributors.